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Who’s Who
PITTSBuRGh CLO has been a driving force behind VAn KAPLAn (Executive Producer) joined
the preservation, creation and promotion of live Pittsburgh CLO in 1997.
musical theater since 1946. As one of the largest In addition to overseeing
regional musical theater organizations in the the organization’s year-
country, it is fortunate for the yearly support of round producing and
nearly 200,000 audience members. In addition programming efforts,
to producing fresh new productions of Broadway he has produced or co-
classics, the not-for-profit’s mission is to develop produced the Broadway
new works and showcase emerging talent, and productions of Evita,
has been credited with launching the careers of Catch Me If You Can,
numerous artists such as Rob Marshall, Kathleen Come Fly Away, The Addams Family and Broadway’s
Marshall, Rob Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Shirley An American in Paris. He has also produced touring
Jones and Susan Schulman. The organization’s productions of Camelot, Joseph and the Amazing
dedication to musical theater extends beyond its Technicolor Dreamcoat, Phantom, Singin’ in the
six-show summer season at the Benedum Center Rain, Chess, Grand Hotel, City of Angels, Evita,
to year-round programming at its 250-seat CLO Brigadoon and Nunsense II. His directorial credits
Cabaret Theater, which recently saw the world include Guys and Dolls with Victoria Clark, She
premiere of Judge Jackie Justice, The Trials of Loves Me, West Side Story with Max Von Essen
Love. Its extensive education efforts include its and Ali Ewoldt, Kopit & Yeston’s Phantom, On the
CLO college intern program, New Horizons, and Town, Sweeney Todd with Candy Buckley, South
in-school programs such as the Gallery of Heroes Pacific with Cathy Rigby, Nunsense, Shear Madness,
and Creative Vision. Other ongoing initiatives Ruthless!, Guys and Dolls with Georgia Engel and
include the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical the regional premiere of Andrew Bovell’s Speaking
Theater, CLO Mini Stars, the Construction Center in Tongues at Pittsburgh’s Quantum Theater. Since
for the Arts, The Richard Rodgers Award, and the 2009 he has directed The Jimmy™ Awards at
acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway. He has also
High School Musical Theater. The organization directed original shows for Caesars Entertainment
also founded and co-produces the National High at the Rio, Paris and Bally’s Hotels in Las Vegas.
School Musical Theater Awards. To further its He has consulted for the National Endowment for
mission to grow the art form, it has invested in the Arts, is a former Theatre Panel chair for the
and co-produced musicals currently on Broadway: Texas Commission on the Arts, and has served as
An American in Paris, Matilda and Kinky Boots. adjunct professor for Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of
Additionally: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Arts Management Program. He is on the Board of
Evita, The Addams Family, Come Fly Away, Catch The Broadway League, serves on the Investment
Me If You Can, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde Committee of the Independent Presenters Network
The Musical, Curtains, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, (IPN) and is past president of The National Alliance
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bombay Dreams, Oprah for Musical Theatre (NAMT). He is the Co-founder
Winfrey’s The Color Purple, Flower Drum Song, of the National High School Musical Theater
Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life and Deaf West’s Awards - also known as The Jimmy™ Awards, the
production of Big River. Pittsburgh CLO is a subject of a 3-part documentary series that aired
founding partner of 5 Cent Productions/Elephant nationally on PBS. He has been a Tony Awards®
Eye Theatricals, a producing consortium devoted voter for more than 20 years.
to new musicals such as The Addams Family and
An American in Paris. In 2007, the organization
assisted Disney Theatrical Productions in
launching the National Tour of Disney’s High School
Musical. Pittsburgh CLO is the subject of a 2007
film starring Jeff Goldblum titled “PITTSBURGH.”
www.pittsburghCLO.org.
CLOcabaret.com - 13
PITTSBuRGh CLO has been a driving force behind VAn KAPLAn (Executive Producer) joined
the preservation, creation and promotion of live Pittsburgh CLO in 1997.
musical theater since 1946. As one of the largest In addition to overseeing
regional musical theater organizations in the the organization’s year-
country, it is fortunate for the yearly support of round producing and
nearly 200,000 audience members. In addition programming efforts,
to producing fresh new productions of Broadway he has produced or co-
classics, the not-for-profit’s mission is to develop produced the Broadway
new works and showcase emerging talent, and productions of Evita,
has been credited with launching the careers of Catch Me If You Can,
numerous artists such as Rob Marshall, Kathleen Come Fly Away, The Addams Family and Broadway’s
Marshall, Rob Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Shirley An American in Paris. He has also produced touring
Jones and Susan Schulman. The organization’s productions of Camelot, Joseph and the Amazing
dedication to musical theater extends beyond its Technicolor Dreamcoat, Phantom, Singin’ in the
six-show summer season at the Benedum Center Rain, Chess, Grand Hotel, City of Angels, Evita,
to year-round programming at its 250-seat CLO Brigadoon and Nunsense II. His directorial credits
Cabaret Theater, which recently saw the world include Guys and Dolls with Victoria Clark, She
premiere of Judge Jackie Justice, The Trials of Loves Me, West Side Story with Max Von Essen
Love. Its extensive education efforts include its and Ali Ewoldt, Kopit & Yeston’s Phantom, On the
CLO college intern program, New Horizons, and Town, Sweeney Todd with Candy Buckley, South
in-school programs such as the Gallery of Heroes Pacific with Cathy Rigby, Nunsense, Shear Madness,
and Creative Vision. Other ongoing initiatives Ruthless!, Guys and Dolls with Georgia Engel and
include the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical the regional premiere of Andrew Bovell’s Speaking
Theater, CLO Mini Stars, the Construction Center in Tongues at Pittsburgh’s Quantum Theater. Since
for the Arts, The Richard Rodgers Award, and the 2009 he has directed The Jimmy™ Awards at
acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway. He has also
High School Musical Theater. The organization directed original shows for Caesars Entertainment
also founded and co-produces the National High at the Rio, Paris and Bally’s Hotels in Las Vegas.
School Musical Theater Awards. To further its He has consulted for the National Endowment for
mission to grow the art form, it has invested in the Arts, is a former Theatre Panel chair for the
and co-produced musicals currently on Broadway: Texas Commission on the Arts, and has served as
An American in Paris, Matilda and Kinky Boots. adjunct professor for Carnegie Mellon’s Masters of
Additionally: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Arts Management Program. He is on the Board of
Evita, The Addams Family, Come Fly Away, Catch The Broadway League, serves on the Investment
Me If You Can, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde Committee of the Independent Presenters Network
The Musical, Curtains, Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, (IPN) and is past president of The National Alliance
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bombay Dreams, Oprah for Musical Theatre (NAMT). He is the Co-founder
Winfrey’s The Color Purple, Flower Drum Song, of the National High School Musical Theater
Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life and Deaf West’s Awards - also known as The Jimmy™ Awards, the
production of Big River. Pittsburgh CLO is a subject of a 3-part documentary series that aired
founding partner of 5 Cent Productions/Elephant nationally on PBS. He has been a Tony Awards®
Eye Theatricals, a producing consortium devoted voter for more than 20 years.
to new musicals such as The Addams Family and
An American in Paris. In 2007, the organization
assisted Disney Theatrical Productions in
launching the National Tour of Disney’s High School
Musical. Pittsburgh CLO is the subject of a 2007
film starring Jeff Goldblum titled “PITTSBURGH.”
www.pittsburghCLO.org.
CLOcabaret.com - 13
